Chris Farrell, IBM | Red Hat Summit 2025
AI Summary
In this episode of theCUBE’s coverage of Red Hat Summit 2025, host Rebecca Knight and co-host Rob Strechay welcome Chris Farrell, Group Product Manager for Instana Observability at IBM. They discuss the transformative role of automation and artificial intelligence (AI) within application architecture. Chris highlights the integration of IBM’s watsonx for enhancing observability metrics, automating incident remediation, and providing cost tracking for AI requests. He emphasizes the importance of seamless monitoring across different cloud environments using tools like Turbonomic and Instana to ensure optimal resource allocation and application performance. The conversation touches on best practices for leveraging AI-powered automation in application management and the future of observability tools in simplifying operational complexities for organizations, particularly in regulated industries. Chris expresses excitement about ongoing innovations in AI tooling, aimed at providing insights and automating processes to improve efficiency and reduce stress for application operations teams.